40 MAJOR C. BR. CONDER, D.C.L., R.E., 
be the Chagataish wrun or orwn for a “seat,” “throne,” “place” 
(Akkadian wr, “foundation”). Ana appears to mean 
“high,” asin Akkadian. ‘Ta is the suffix, which often stands 
for a case, such as the dative or locative. Thus we obtain 
‘‘chief’s seat on the height,” probably from some city on 
a height. 
No. 169, Aurnir, probably from ur wru, “ city,’ as in 
Akkadian, and nir, “ chief,” as in Akkadian, or perhaps aul 
nir from aul, a “village” or settlement, —a well-known 
Tartar word. 
No. 170, Khata aati ‘ House of Khata,” perhaps of Hittites. 
No. 184, Anaw benu. No. 226, Ata bana. No. 248, Shesh 
ban. In these names ban cannot be a Semitic word, because 
it would then precede the nouns by which itis qualified. It 
is probably the Turanian word for a “ shrine” or “ abode,” 
which is found also in the Ktruscan Phanu—whence fanum 
and “ fane.” The words Anaw Ata and Shesk appear to be 
names of deities. Anna, “the sky god,” and Ata, a well-known 
Phrygian deity (Atys). 
No. 185, Khatuma. Probably “abode of Hittites” ; Ma 
meaning “ home” or “ region.” 
No. 212, Gainab probably from gan, ‘‘ Enclosure ” (Turkish - 
jan * wall”) and ab, ‘‘ abode,” as in Akkadian and in some 
Turkic dialects. 
No. 219, Naapi, probably from nap for “light” or 
“deity,” known in Akkadian and Medic, and in the 
Hungarian nap for the sun. 
No. 228, Atakar. Kar is a well-known Turanian word 
for “‘town,’? and Ata may refer either to the god Ata or to 
the Turkic word Ata for a “chief” or “ father,” which pro- 
bably explains the god’s name. It occurs in the Akkadian 
adda or ad for “ father.” 
No. 270, Karchemish is sometimes rendered “ fortress of 
Chemosh,”’ which would be a Semitic construction. The 
Egyptian is Karka-masha, in which the second word seems to 
have the adjective termination. The first is perhaps the 
Turanian kerek for “fortress,” and masha may be connected 
with the: word mas “ soldiers,” or bas, ‘‘ chief.” 
No. 280, Padra or Pederi, the Biblical Pethor (in Assyrian 
annals mentioned as being called Pitru by the people of the 
West) perhaps from bat, “to surround,” whence the Akkadian 
bat, ‘ fortress,” Uigur but, “ castle.’ The latter part would 
be from ir, vir Turkic and Ugric for “ stream,” “ river,” in 
the adjectival form. Pethor was a town beside a river, and 
would thus mean ‘‘ water fort.” 
